The International Criminal Court Pre-Trial Chamber I denies the appeal of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team to remove two judges as magistrates in his ongoing case at The Hague, Netherlands.
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00:01The International Criminal Court Pre-Trial Chamber 1 denies the appeal of former President Rodrigo Duterte's defense team to remove two judges as magistrates in his ongoing case at The Hague, Netherlands.
00:12The all-women chamber, led by presiding Judge Julia Antonella Motok, denies the appeal in a resolution dated Tuesday, May 6.
00:20The Duterte camp filed a petition to remove Judges Gansu and Liera on May 1, quote,
00:24given the possibility of perceived bias which would arise, quote, out of the judge's prior ruling on substantially the same issue in the situation in the Republic of the Philippines.
00:35Prosecutor Karim Khan's office opposes the said petition.
00:39Besides asking the judges to step down, Duterte also asked the ICC to drop the case against him.
00:45His pre-trial hearing, where the charges could be confirmed, is set for September 23.